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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C THURSDAY JUNE 5. 1908.
NO. 6.
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(ObtlU
rnon:sjioAL.
A l'TORNEY AT LAW,
BANNER ELK, N. C.
WWill practice in the courts
of Watauga, Mitchell and adjoining
counties. 7 6-'07.
Todd & Ballou.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
JEFFERSON, N. C.
Will practice in all the couats
Special attention given to real
estate law an i collections.
, 6-15'07
EDMUND JONES
LAWYER
' -LENOIR. N. (!,-
Will Practice Utigularly in
the Courts of Watauga,
6.1 '07.
F. A. LINNEY,
-ATTORNEY AT LAW,-
BOONE, N. C.
Will practice in the courts of
the 13th Judicial District in all
matters of a civil nature.
6-11-1907. ,
J. C. FLETCHER, '
Attorney At Law,
BOONE, N.C.
Careful attention Riven to
collections.
E F. LOVILL
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BOOXK,N.C.
'Special attention Riven
to all business entrusted to
hi care."!
11 -'04.
A, A. Holsclaw,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Mountain City, lennpssee.
Will practice in all the courts
cif Tennessee, State and Federal.
Special attention given to col-
tatnns and all ober matters of
a If (ral nature.
Office north east of court house.
Oct. 11, 1907, ly.
E. S. GOFFEY
-ATlORbEi Al LAWt-
ZJOONE, N. 0.
Prompt attention given to
ill matters of a legal r.titure.
BS" Abstracting titles and
collection ot claims a special
11'07.
TO THE TUBLIC.
I have the best equipped watch
repair shop in the State. My ma
terial is ad first-class. Fine'R. R.
Watches especially adjusted and
all defects corrected. A guarantee
Soes with every watch repaired
y me No matter what yon want
I have it no guess, no botch.
Your ' watch is cleaned and re
paired with the best skill known
to the trade. See Councill house,
Boone, N. C.
J. W. BRYAN,
Graduate Wach-maker & J eweler,
R. Ross Donnelly.
UNDERTAKER & EMBALM ER
" SHOUN'S, Tennessee,
Has Varnished and Glass White
Coffins; Black Broadcloth and
White Plush Caskets; Bhck and
White Metalic Caskets Robes,
Shoes and Finishings,
Extra large Coffins and Cas
kets always on hand. 'Phone or.
jdera given special attention.
R. ROSS DONNELLY.
Kod ol For Indigestion.
AM.JKAJM. Relieves tour storncfc.
palpitation of the haajt Digests what yoo eat
FARM LORE.
The most independent exiwt
ence possible is that of the farm
er, and the independent life may
be made just as pleasant as life
can be made under any other cir
cumstances or conditions. Il the
farmer will study his business
and manage it so the balance is
on the right pa;e, there is norea
son why he should notbe a very
contented and happy man.
The farmer must have a meas
ure of success in order to be happy,-
and he must have good
heaith and good living. By prop
er management he can always
have a fair share of success. He is
blessed with pure air, he can keep
the water pure and have the best
of food, and this usually brings
good heaith. The work on the
farm, in doors and out, is of such
a nature as to produce the best
physical and mental results, and
this tends towards happiness.
The farmer has his fresh air with
i out the city emoke, and if in oth
er respects he lives properly his
sleep will be sound and restful,
and when morning comes he is
i refreshed and able to uccomplieh
something of value.
Life on the farm .is a world
within itself, and brought up to
its highest and best, it seems that
our young people would not de
sire to leave their pleasant sur
rouudiugs and crowd into the
towns and cities. Life in the city
is not easy. It is one continuous
grind; there is no opportunity
for leisure; faithful service must
be rendered, which our young peo
pie on the farm cannot under
stand. Many people make mis
takes when thev move Irom the
farm to the city. Occasionally
one is successful, and his success
is heralded about the neighbor
hood as an example of what is
gained by going to the city.
They do not, however, take iuto
consideration the great number
who have failed while this one
was attaining success.
People on the feu ni must work
in order to have the comforts
and happiness which ull are seek
ing, but they are free from many
of the cares and annoyances
found in city life. One mustknow
how to makn farm life all it
should be, and this can be learn
ed just as one may go to town
and learn the intricacies ot any
other business thoroughly en
ough to make a success. '
In the richness of our life on
the farm, full of varied interests
and activities we are upt to lose
something else that is one of the
happiest and most helpiul expe
riences of the heart the old fash
ioned friendships, with their fire
side reunions, their quickening of
sympathy and comprehension,
their hours of simple converse.
Who connot remember a day
when he visited his.neighbor's
home by chan:e, talked dispa
stouateiv yet eurnestly of things
small and great, drank his tea,
stirred his fire, read his books
with him, comforted his little.6or
rows and rejoiced with him in
his happiness? These things are
passing away from us, Our fives
are too compicated, too intense,
too absorbing to leave for, our
leisure hours and they are few
the capacity for anything bub ut
ter wearinessand wrecked nerves.
We are a kindly, loying people,
vitally interested in each other
and all humanity, but for the
small, sweet courtesies we are
too busy, too rushed, too tired,
too worried. It is easy to meet
each other in business or when
music and laughter stimulates
our jaded faculties to the point
of brilliancy; but when we are
urged on by neither duty nor ex
citement, we must subside into
an exhaustion and an irritabili
ty that makes us utterly unfit!
for sweet and homely intercourse
with those who should be near
and dear to us. Weareconstant-
ly apologizing for the letter that
ought to have been written the
visit that ought to have been
made, the Hervit:e that ought to
habe been performed. We want
ed, we longed to do these things
but didn't have time. Selected.
The Panic Struck Hard.
(Arheville Citizen:)
A look of infinite disgUHt cloud
eJ the usually placid brows of
the three unfortunate men who
have been cfiosen to iuterprit hu
man mendacity into a reasona
ble tax list for Asheville town
ship, as they sat in their office at
the close of a vexatious day and
meditated on that wrathful say
ing of David's that "All men are
liars." They felt very much like
endorsing David's laconic esti
mate of human nature until just
about tnat time a young man.
who is a laborer, came in and
listed his property at $200. One
of the listers was confident that
the entire worldly possessions of
this young man would not ag
gregate $100, und the fellow's ex
cessive honesty did not at first,
st rike them as corroborat ing cir
cumstances, so for David's ;say
ing much as a remarkable exam
ple ol squareness. It was one of
the few cases of honesty they
have met with, and they sat up,
and looked each other in the face
approvingly as if one of their
number bad been caught in tell
ing the truth.
This pessamistic, misanthropic
feeling in tne bosom of these ge
nial gentlemen has been caused
by the wonderful revelation hu
man nature makes of its utter
dishonesty when it comes to ma
king out a tax list. It should be
said, however, that these instan
ces of rank mendacity are found
generally among the very rich;
the poor have so little that they
cannot easily give in less than
they have.
If one could take a glance at
the lists filed by some of the
wealthiest ieople, and learn how
clone down to the cloth they are
in their worldly possessions, it
would make one's heart ache to
think that the panic last fall had
struck this section such a terri
ble blow. When people live in
$30,000 houses, and have hors
es, automobiies and airships for
their amusement, one naturally
expects to find silver plate and
personal ornaments to match,
to say nothing ol furniture and
securities.
But alas! these poor people who
live in the mansions have almost
nothing left. Thev have had to
sell their household goods and
diamonds and securities appa
rently to meet their losses in the
Btock market or somewhere else.
At any rate thy are not giving
them in to the listers.
Nature has provided the stomach
with certain natural fluids known
as tne digestive juices, au it is
through these juices that the food
we eat is acted upon in such a way
as to produce the rich, red bldod
that flows through the veins of our
body and thereby makes us strong,
healthy and robust and it is the
weakening of these digestive ju'ees
that destroys health. It i our own
fault if We destroy our own health,
and yet it is so easy tor any one to
put the stomach out of order. When
you need to take something take
it promptly, but take something you
know is reliablesomething like
Kodol For Dyspepsia and Indices
tion. Kodol is pleasant to take, it
is reliable and is guaranteed to give
relief. It is sold by J. M, Hodges.
B-tw Sfchftw1.
fflctfJt!l
. 11 - 1
Noiseless Battles Hereafter,
(Charlotte Observer.)
The next wonder of science and
invention? Answering a recent
quehtiun of our own before it is
cold, we point to the noiseless ri
file, an arm perfected and demon
struts by Hiram Percy Max
im. This inventor has a high pow
er gun whose discharge is no
louder than the dropping of a
nail upon the floor and cannot
be heard a room away. It mHkes
only u hollow plunk, yet does
u ork s deadly as any. Regular
ammunition is used without
change and any rifle will give the
result after slightly remodeling.
Pending tests to be made by the
ordinance department of the U-
nited States army the inventor
has demonstrated his device be
fore the lionrd of managers ol
the New York Society for the Pre
vention of Cruelty to Animals,
sending a flat-nosed bullet from
an ordinury 32 calibre Winches
ter throiiah six inches of city di
rectories practically without
noise. 1 Ins demonstration was
given in pursuance of a request
made by the S. P. C. A. that he
furnish a weapon for butchering
animals more humanely than is
possible with the Bomewhat hap
hnzard hammer method, and the
officers present agreed that their
requirements had beeu fully met.
They now have a gun capable of
driving a bullet into asteer'B
brain without frightening the
other animals lined up behind.
Efforts to persuade or compel its
extensive use will come next.
Thus a shooting deyice which
can hardly fail to play a great
part in war may likewise Berve
other and quite different purpos
es. Its inventor's achievement
doubtless means that the next
great battles will not-only be
smokeless but noiseless as well.
Without losing any of their dead
liness or tremendous range, fire
arms will no more fill battleships
with flame, smoke or sound than
ho many bows aud slings. Men
will fall by thousands not know
ing whence death comes. Of
course military tactics, which
haye been continually readjust
ing themselves as weapons be
come more deadly, must necessa
rily make further re-adjustments
few now believe that war will
ever become extinct through
sheer deadliness; but H. P. Max
int's invention will at least in
crease the difficulty of already
formidable problems. If some re
straint isn't laid upon the Mux
im family, in fact, war may get
to be such a serious business
that nations will think twice be
fore rushing into it.
Thinks It Saved his Life.
Luster II. Nelson, of Naples,
Maine, say'" a recent letter: "
have used Dr. King's New Disco v-1
ery many years, for coughs and
colds, and 1 think it saved my life.
I have found it a reliable remedy
for throat and lung complaints, and
would no more be without a bottle
than I would be without food." For
nearly forty years New Discovery
has stood at the head of throat and
lung remedies As n preventative of
pneun.ona, and healer of weak
lungs it has no equal. Sold under
guarantee at all druggists. 5oc.
and $1.00. Trail bottle free.
In a .Toasts and Sentiments
contest ol the National Food
w
magazine tor June, two prizes
were carried off by one of Mor-
ganton's lair daughter). Miss
Hossfeld. The first prize was for
a toast to "The Prettiest Girl,"
aud the third was one to "The
Man I Know Best "
When a two-faced manmarries
each other guessing
a lwu'Iurhu wumen idhv Kfon
Too Noiseless Candidate.
The recent defeat of Governor
Hoke Smith by Joseph M. Brown
iu Georgia has another incoura-
ging lenture besides that of the
ringing of thedeath-knell oldem-
agoguery. Smith went up a n d
down the State yelling at the
top of his voice while Brown
stayed at home profiting by ev
ery discordant sound which the
Governor rang from the welkin,
and Brown was elected. There is
a lesson in this for North Caro
lina, and more part icularly South
Carolifla, where during every po
litical campaign candidates go
from mountain to seashore shrie
king their claims to the popu
lace and breeding the seeds of
discord and demagoguery. It is
the rule, to which Georgia is the
blessed exception, that the fellpw
who hollers the loudest, and the
one who is generally the least ca
pable, is elected,
The Charleston Post sums it
up correctly when it says:
"In South Carolina there is no
choice for a candidate but to
take the stump and make of him
self an exhibit for the gatherings
at every county seat in the State.
Woe to the candidate who knows
not the trick of hustling ofatory
for his portion will be oblivion.
That is, of course, not as it
should le, because hustling ora
tory is, generally speaking, a
very very cheap accomplishment
and its cultivation Produces the
rank flower of demagouery, of
which we have a very lull garden
in Sonth Carolina. There is little
enough attempt made now to
discuss issues seriously or judi
ciously before the people at the
joint meetings tnat ure held un
der the auspices of the party or
ganization iu every county and
these occasions have become oc
casions for the sorryest sort of
self-exposition Indeed the basic
theory of these meetings is that
every candidate must present
himself iu person and exploit his
own virtues and advertise his
own claims to perlerment, a the
ory shocking enough to the mod
esty and self-efaceinent that
should characterize the efficient
public servant. Better that a
man's title t office should be
read in the record of bis achieve
ments, as presented by the testi
mony of his acquaintances, than
in his own'promise of performance
made upon the stump."
Let North Carolina teach the
spieler a lessou. Vote for the nois
less candidate. Hickory Demo
crat. A Grand Family Medicine.
'It g ves me pleasure to speak a
good word for Electric Bitters,"
writes Mr, Frank Conlan of No.
436 Houston St., New Yorn. "It's
a grand family medicine for dys.
pepsia and liver complications;
white for lame back and weak kid.
neys it cannot be too highly recon
mended." Electric Bitters regulate
the digestive functions, purify the
bood, and impart renew vigor and
vitality o the weak and debilitated
of both sexes. Sold under guarantee
at all druggihts. 50c.
How are we able to judge w hat
Taft would do, if he is elected
with Teddy thousands of miles
away in the interior of Africa and
not eyen able to tap a wireless
telegraph?
The Best Pills Ever Sold.
"After doctoring 13 years for
chronic indigestion, and spending
over to hundred dollars, nothing
has done me as much good as Dr.
Kinis New Lift Pills; I consider
them the best pi 1 1 s ever sold."
writes B. F. Ayscue, of lngleside,
N. C. Sold under guarantee at all
druygista. 35c. ,
Our New
Hair Vigor
Aycr's Hair Vigor was good,
the best that was made. But
Aycr's Hair Vigor, new Im
proved formula, is better. It
is the one great specific for fall
ing hair. A new preparation in
everyway. New bottle. New
contents. Ask your druggist to
how it to you, "the new kind."
Do not chnnft the color tf ih hah.
A
-formula wlthtwh bettl
Show II to jew
yers
dootor
Ak hlB .bout It,
than do m b fftjt
As we now mike our new Hair Vigor it
does not Lave the slightest effect upon
the color of the hair. You may use It
freely and (or any length of time vith
ptif fear of chinping the color. Stops
falling bair. Cures dandruff.
. lUcU bf Um t. C. Am C., Lowell, Km
Mr. Henry E. Disher, of Walk
ertown, this county, died Tues
day under peculiar circumstan
ces. His case at best was a puz
zle. About a week ugo he was
thrown from ahorse and his neck
was pronouueed us broken. In
this condition he lingered, consc
ious aud with mental faculties
and vocal organs seemingly un
impaired, while the other porti
ons of his body were paralyzed,
being numb and useles, until
Tuesday moruing, when death
resulted. His age was 28 years.
Winston Republican.
Kennedy's
Laxative '
Cough Syrup
COIfTAUfS HOltlY AKD TAR
Relieve Colds by working them out of
the system through a oopious and health
action of ths bowels. "
Relieves Coughs by cleansing ths
mucous membranes of ths throat, oheai
and bronchial tubes.
"As pleasant to the tet
as Maple Sugar"
Children Like It
For BACKACHE-WEAK KI3NEYS Trt
OiWItt's Kidu; and Bltdtir Pills Sara ui Stfe
Another Republican Congress
man, J F. Lining, of Ohio, is in
trouble and has been indicted as
a result of the grand Jury inves
tigation of the failure of theOhio
TruHt Company. He has been re
nominated, but refiiHt-s to resicn,
and will thus help along the elec
tion of a Democratic Congiess.
Ohio Republican are certainly
having a hard time of it t h i s
year.
Often The Kidneys Are
Weakened bj Cm-Work,
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood,
It used to be considered that only
uriuary and bladder troubles were to tw
traced to the kidneys,
but now modern
science proves that
nearly all diseases
hnve their beginning
in the disorder of
these nioet important
organs.
The kidneys filter
and purify the blood
that is their work.
Therefore, when yourkidneysare weak
or out of order, you can understand how
quickly your entire body is affected and
bow every organ seems to fail to Go its
duty.
If yon are sick or " feel badly," begin
taking the great kidney remedy, Dr.
Kilmer's &wamp-Root, because as soon
as your kidneys are well they rill help
all the other organs to health. A trial
will convince anyone.
If you are sick you can make no mis
take by first doctoring your kidneys.
The mild and the extraordinary effect of
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great
kidney remedy, is soon realized. It
stands the highest for its wonderful cures
of the most distressing cases, and is sold
on its merits by all flS'vvi
druggists In fifty-cent etfcW3te
and one-dollar
bottles. You niaya!,siajS-aJ
have a sample bottle Homoftmap-Boot
by mail free, also a pamphlet telling yon
how to find out if yon have kidney or
bladder trouble. Mention this paper
when writing to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Blng
haraton.N. Y. Don't make any mistake,
but remember the name, Swamp-Rooc,
Dr. Kilmer's SwaimvRoot, and the ad
dress, Uii'ghauiton, N. Y.,ouerery nettle